Mardy Fish Advances in Samsung Open

Published 8:00 pm, Sunday, June 15, 2003

American Mardy Fish beat South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Monday to advance to the second round of the Samsung Open.

The eighth-seeded Fish said the key to victory in the grass-court match was serving first in the third set.

"I tried to change the momentum in the third set," Fish said. "Lee managed to take the momentum of the match in the second set. I was lucky to have started serving first in the final set. I was able to break his serve early and from there the match rolled my way."